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1
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Quote at the start of Chapter One - “Learn from me”

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Frankenstein

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2
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Main protagonist

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Dr Alex Hoffmann

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3
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Where does Hoffmann live

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Geneva

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Book sent to Hoffmann at start

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The Expressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals - Darwin

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5
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When was the Darwin published

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1872 - John Murray

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6
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Name of Hoffmann’s house

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Villa Claremont

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7
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Hoffmann’s wife

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Gabrielle

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8
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Name of Hoffmann’s algorithm

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VIXAL-4

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9
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Hoffmann’s business partner

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Hugo Quarry

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10
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Date Fear Index is set

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6th May 2010 - date of UK General Election

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11
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Burglar alarm security code

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1729

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12
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Significance of 1729

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Hardy and Ramanujan - taxi cabSmallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways

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13
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Emergency number in Switzerland

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117

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14
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Quote at the start of Chapter two -“A grain in the balance …”

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Darwin, Origin of Species

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15
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Police Inspector

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Jean-Philippe Leclerc

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16
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Hoffmann’s piano

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Bechstein

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17
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Landscape in Hoffmann’s living room

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Auerbach

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18
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Gabriel’s portraits derived from …

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MRI scans

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19
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What is Hoffmann hit by

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Fire extinguisher

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20
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Hoffmann’s nationality

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American

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21
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Gabrielle’s nationality

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British

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22
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Where did Hoffmann used to work

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CERN - LHC

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23
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Name of Hoffmann’s company

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Hoffmann Investment Technologies - HIT

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24
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What is Hoffmann’s business?

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Hedge fund

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25
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Hoffmann’s security consultant

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Maurice Genoud

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26
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How much did Hoffmann pay for the Villa Claremont

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$60m

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27
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Carpet …

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Aubusson

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28
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Gabrielle’s exhibition

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Human Contours

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29
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Gabrielle’s history

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Born in YorkshireUni of Salford - Art and FrenchRCA - MAWorked for UN in Geneva

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30
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Hoffman sent for what sort of scan?

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CAT - Computed Axial Tomography

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31
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Hoffmann’s field

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Autonomous Machine Reasoning (not AI)

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32
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What sort of scan is recommended for Hoffmann?

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MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imagin

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33
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Hugo Quarry’s life

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PPE from OxfordEx-wife and three children, Lutyens mansion in SurreySki chalet in Chamonix

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34
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Hoffmann’s rule in his office

35
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Bill Gates’ book

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Business at the Speed of Light

36
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Where is Quarry taking clients to lunch

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Beau-Rivage

37
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Terms - two and twenty

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2% annual fee20% performance fee

38
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Three teams of Quants

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IncubationTechnologyExecution

39
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IBAN prefix KYD

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Cayman Islands

40
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Chief Risk Officer

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Ganapathi Rajamani

41
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Cern’s location in Geneva

42
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Quarry’s invitees - Most exotic

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Elmira Gulzhan, 38, daughter of President of AzakhstanINSEAD graduateFrancois de Gombart-Tonnelle - lawyer

43
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Gap between market performance and fund performance

44
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Hoffmann’s quote - That is the flight of naked men

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Elias Canetti in Crowds and Power

45
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Aristotle, 350BC defined humans as

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Zoon Logon Echon - rational animal, or animal with language

46
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“What disturbs and alarms men are not the things but is opinions and fancies about the things”

47
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EMH

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Efficient Market Hypothesis

48
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”

49
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Airline being shorted

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Vista Airways

50
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Where does the Vista Airways plane crash?

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Domodedovo Airport, Moscow

51
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Quote at start of chapter 7 - It can’t continue forever

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Gordon Moore

52
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Where was Rajamani poached from?

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FSA in London

53
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Promised volatility limit in prospectus

54
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Cayman banki

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Royal Grand Cayman Bank Ltd

55
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Hoffmann’s doctor

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Jeanne Polidori

56
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Gallery where Human Contours is being held

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Galerie d’Art Contemporain Guy Bertrand

57
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Geneva’s main contemporary art gallery

58
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How many pieces in Human Contours

59
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Who held the party where Hoffmann met Gabrielle

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Bob Walton

60
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Gabrielle’s large piece of an executed murderer

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The Invisible Man

61
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Who was the murderer in The Invisible Man

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James Duke Johnson - executed Florida, 1994

62
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Hoffmann’s alma mater

63
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Bertrand’s ring tone

64
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Total cost of Gabrielle’s exhibition

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192,000 francs

65
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River in Geneva

66
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Hotel Beau Rivage is on …

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Quai de Mont Blanc

67
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Stabbed outside Hotel Beau Rivage in 1898

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Empress of Austria

68
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Marginal top rate of tax in Switzerland

69
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Hotel where Hoffmann is directed to

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Hotel Diodati, Rue de Berne 91, room 68

70
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Man Hoffmann kills at the Hotel Diodati

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Joseph KarpBorn 14-4-52 - age 58Offenbach am Mein

71
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Real life case of cannibalism

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Der Rotenberg Cannibal - Armin Meiwes

72
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Novel on Karp’s laptop

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Der Metzgermeister - The Master Butcher

73
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Folder on Karp’s laptop - Das Opfer

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The Victim

74
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Normalcy is overrated: most normal people are assholes

A

Bill Clinton

75
Q

What is Vixel-4 lifting

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Delta Hedge

76
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Quote at start of Chapter 14 - Only the paranoid survive

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Andy Grove

77
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Quote from start of chapter 16 - Intelligent life on a planet comes of age

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Richard Dawkins, the Selfish Gene

78
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What is automatically triggered in New York as a result of the volatility triggered by VIXEL-4

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LRPs - Liquidity Replenishment Points

79
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How does Rajamani die?

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Falls down the lift shaft

80
Q

Zimeysa is an acronym for

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Zone Industrielle de Mayrin-Satigny

81
Q

What are all the roadworks in Zimeysa for?

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Fibre optic cables

82
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Fibre landing site

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Marseille, France

83
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Where do protesters riot on the news?

84
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Profit VIXAL-4 makes from crash

Mastermind 2016 - Robert Harris (10 decks)

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